In this oral presentation the state of Te Waihora/Lake Ellesmere is considered, along with three possible future scenarios. Resilience, adaptive cycles and tolerance ranges are introduced and the principles and practices of modelling are highlighted. The ...

In this oral presentation the number of bird species recorded at Te Waihora/Lake Ellesmere are compared with the total number of bird species in New Zealand. Using the PLOVER model the findings record that there are very high species diversity, comparativ ...

Himalayan thar (Hemitragus jemlahicus) were introduced and established in New Zealand in 1904. Thar are managed by the Department of Conservation (DoC) under the Himalayan Thar Control Plan (DoC 1993). They are present on lands in the central South Island ...

The second biennial survey of people's perceptions of the state of the New Zealand environment was undertaken in February 2002. The survey is based on the Pressure-State-Response model of state of the environment reporting. It tests perceptions of all the ...

The fourth biennial survey of people’s perceptions of the state of the New Zealand environment was undertaken in February - March 2006. The survey is based on the Pressure-State-Response (PSR) model of state of the environment reporting.
It tests New Zeal ...

The third biennial survey of people’s perceptions of the state of the New Zealand environment was undertaken in February - March 2004. The survey was based on the Pressure-State-Response (PSR) model
of state of the environment reporting. It tested New Zea ...

The 2002 biennial survey of citizen perceptions of the environment and its management (Hughey et al., 2002) assessed perceptions about the marine environment, participation in marine recreational fishing, and responses to introduction of a recreational ma ...

It is important for central government to have good information about public preferences
regarding budget allocations. Consumer sovereignty, government popularity, and efficiency
are all dependent on clear articulation of community preferences. The paper ...